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Lots of shopping going on at community garage sale

Staff photos by Gage Cureton Scott Gilsrud (center), of Redwood Falls, stands near his table that sold vinyl records and comic books at New Ulm Civic Center’s community garage sale Saturday.

NEW ULM — New Ulm Park & Rec held a community garage sale Saturday that drew an abundance of vendors with interesting wares.

About 45 vendors packed both of the New Ulm Civic Center’s ice arenas as a steady crowd weaved throughout the tables lining the floors.

While some vendors offered a variety of items up for grabs, others centered their tables around certain niches.

Scott Gilsrud, of Redwood Falls, set up shop selling old vinyl records and comic books near one of the arena entrances.

With a bright orange sign emblazzoned with “Comics/ Records Sale,” attendees were quick to flip through the records and comics he was selling.

Staff photos by Gage Cureton Cathy Knadel (left), of New Ulm, interacts with a customer during a community garage sale at New Ulm Civic Center Saturday. Knadel’s table sold handmade dog scarves and all-natural dog treats.

Gilsrud said his table attracted many attendees because of the recent comeback in the popularity of vinyl records.

“People love looking at them,” he said. “It’s like going back to when you were young and you’d go into the record store and flip through them.”

Gilsrud said he’s no stranger to vinyl records and has been collecting and selling them for years. Many years ago, while attending college, Gilsrud said he worked for a large records store in St. Cloud.

“That was the coolest place to work,” Gilsrud said. “I love buying records or selling them.”

Some vendors took advantage of the large crowd and market the community garage sale drew, and decided to not only sell things they were looking to get rid of, but also sell new, handcrafted items.

Cathy Knadel, of New Ulm, sold handmade dog scarves and dog treats made with all-natural ingredients.

The dog scarves, offered in a few different sizes, contained many different patterns such as an American flag pattern or popular Minnesota sports teams.

“These are my big sellers – the dog scarves,” Knadel said. “”I do craft sales and stuff too.”

Knadel said she’ll be at AutoFest in June offering her handmade dog scarves to the public.

One table, operated by Tarisa Tauer, of Hanska, and Brad Luepke, of New Ulm, was selling items in an effort to raise money for a humanitarian cause.

Tauer and Luepke, volunteers with the non-profit organization Freedom International Ministries, are travelling to the Dominican Republic during the summer to conduct humanitarian work.

“We’re going on a missions trip down there to help build a school,” Luepke said. “So this is to help fund materials we’re taking along and other things we’re helping buy there.”

Luepke and Tauer’s table also lacked price tags. The duo said people could pay for an item at any price they deemed fit.

Luepke said one woman didn’t buy anything and rather just donated $20 dollars instead.

gcureton@nujournal.com.

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